cuOpen: Open Online Resources for Educational Developers Samah Sabra Dragana Polovina-Vukovic February 2015
Carleton’s Context Certificate The Provost’s Advisory Group on the Expansion of Online and Blended Learning The CU Strategic Integrated Plan OAVPTL Teaching & Learning Framework Instructors’ & Departmental Increased Interest in online learning & ePedagogy communities
Ministry’s funding Development - September 2013 – May 2014 Four cohorts so far Certificate in Blended & Online Teaching
Structure Certificate runs at Carleton as blended (35 hours) (It is possible to run it as a fully online too) cuLearn (powered by Moodle) platform Positive feedback from first cohorts
Structure (cont.) 11 modules (available open/) open/ Theoretical & practical skills Focus on pedagogy
Opportunities Collaboration (internally and externally) ON contributors: Brock, Guelph, Toronto, Waterloo Freely available as open resources to any institution. All materials online (video, slides, tips, facilitator guides, SCORM packages with a source code) -> institutions can easily re-brand it and use it
Feedback from Our Peers
Next Steps Adoption by other institutions? Barriers to adoption? Improvement of the existing modules? One of early adopters
Thank You! Questions: